It has been quiet in eastern Ukraine for a couple of weeks now, and, according to Russia’s daily business newspaper Kommersant, there could be a very good reason for that. The paper claims to have interviewed a man from Tajikistan who was fighting alongside pro-Russian forces in Ukraine who now says he and his colleagues are relocating to...

Last week, the Taliban began the process of retaking Afghanistan, starting with the northern city of Kunduz. The U.S. and Afghan governments have since been battling to recapture it — a fight that included the U.S. bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed at least 12 medical staff, along with at least seven patients, on...

KIEV: Warring sides in Ukraine on Saturday began withdrawing tanks and smaller weapons from a buffer zone in the war-torn east a day after the leaders of France and Germany met Vladimir Putin for peace talks. The announcement of the beginning of the small-weapons withdrawal came after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko voiced cautious optimism...

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio escalated his rhetoric against Vladimir Putin on Friday, vowing if elected to the White House to “isolate Russia diplomatically” and impose a series of new sanctions on Moscow. The Florida senator has taken an aggressive stance against Russia while campaigning to become the next US commander-in-chief....

Po-Russia forces operating in Ukraine’s eastern region of Lugansk say they have begun pulling back tanks from the frontline with government troops. The self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) “has begun a withdrawal of tanks from the line of contact in accordance with” the peace deal signed between the two sides in Minsk,...

The US president has rejected Russia’s military action in Syria as a dead-end strategy. President Barack Obama said Moscow risked becoming ‘stuck in a quagmire’ and strengthening so-called ‘Islamic State’ (IS). In his most extensive comments on Syria since Russia began its airstrikes on Monday, Barack Obama accused Russian...